What are you doing for International No Diet Day? It’s a Friday, May 6th…I will be in San Francisco with Marilyn Wann, figuratively pissing on Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer‘s anti-obesity cheerios! Woo! My first big fat public acitivism! Dr. Pi-Sunyer will be giving a lecture about the state of “obesity” for the next decade at the Obesity Treatment and Prevention conference. The conference will be taking place at the Hyatt on the Embarcadero. His talk begins at 4pm and we just wanna let our voices be heard. It will be a peaceful demonstration. If you can come, please do! (It’s near BART.)

And just a few days before that happens, Michelle Obama will have unveiled a new Beyoncé track dedicated to her “Let’s Move” campaign, with children all over performing a “flash workout.”

*headdesk*

With all of these people and their endless “think of the children” yammering, I actually am thinking of said children and how awful it would feel to be a fat kid in today’s classrooms with even our first lady trying to marginalize you. It’s bad enough with all of the media and marketing and pretty much the entire world telling fats the world over how terrible they are. And it’s complete and utter bullshit!

As a fat activist (and if you’re fat in public, well, you’re one, too!), I feel the absolute need to speak up and out and be heard. If you can’t make it to San Francisco, see if there are any other events going on for International No Diet Day or consider organizing your own demonstration! The more people we reach with out positivity and truths, the better! Woo!

Hmmm… I should probably make sure I can make it and get a ballpark idea of how many people are expected before I volunteer to bake for it. Still, if enough people bring a dozen cupcakes or a batch of cookies or a smattering of petit fours, it all adds up to delicious.

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